Movie reviews!
Reviews are - okay, MINI-reviews are - fine, small paragraphs about my impression of the movie but not really critical enough to be a review (THERE!) are here! Read for your interest! Or not!
I'm going to assume you know SOMETHING about the movie, but there'll be a line to describe the movie without too much spoilers.
District 9
"Aliens have landed...more than 30 years ago."
- Above average
This is the big movie, the one that most people should be familiar with. I'm going to be outright: I disliked the camera. Far too shaky, and far too grainy (and this was generally for the whole movie, I believe). It works when you do something documentary style, which is how the movie STARTS, but then it has these sequences which, quite frankly, are NOT documentary style, and the grain/shakiness really disturbs my eyes.
I read a comment somewhere that really hit the nail on my dislike of the movie. It didn't really explore the plight of the aliens. I mean sure, they show where they live, what they eat, the things they have to go through, but that's never the center of attention, which brings me to my next point.
The focus is not on the aliens, nor is it their plight, the focus is on the main character (whose name I forget), and his own trials and tribulations. Everything else around him, they're the accessories, things that are there, but we aren't meant to focus on. And that's part of the problem, I did NOT like the main character.
He was an idiot, and an ass (on his part, from what I can recall he has a couple of idiot sequences, and a few ass moments). The guy was a spaz, and while there are plenty of movies that I like that have asses have their protagonist (Sky Crawlers comes immediately to mind), by the end of the movie I felt moved by the characters. In this case, I think I automatically thought, when he has his first idiot moment, okay, that's it, you're an idiot, you're on your own on this.
But for all that criticism? I still thought the movie was above average, great character designs, great action, interesting premise (if not a bit tired, sans the aliens part).
One Week
"A man has cancer, and will travel Canada for the last hurrah."
- Barely Above Average
It has a narrator. I mean, it has a voice that is not the main character's, but will actually voice over some parts. At first it's kind of jarring, but you get used to it.
The main character is played by Joshua Jackson (Canadian!). He finds he has cancer, with little chance of survival. Depressed, he buys a motorcycle, and goes west (he starts in Toronto), visiting provinces, people, and the Canadian wilderness.
Wow, is all I can say after watching the movie. I definitely would not have made the same decisions as Ben Tyler (Jackson). It's slow, kind of boring sometimes, and does not have those great epiphanies that some movies have, but what it does have...
It does have Canadian things, these little tourist spots, fun little sights, things that make you appreciate Canada all the moreso. Which is why I made it barely above average, because really, it was an average film, but with Canadian stuff? Bonus points.
W.
"It's about George W. Bush, Junior."
- Above Average
It was good. Trust me. It was good. It actually made me feel sympathy for the guy (and NOT by playing melancholic music, for the record).
Aren't I a generous reviewer?
That, or I just pick awesome movies *totally not modest at all*
I'm going to assume you know SOMETHING about the movie, but there'll be a line to describe the movie without too much spoilers.
District 9
"Aliens have landed...more than 30 years ago."
- Above average
This is the big movie, the one that most people should be familiar with. I'm going to be outright: I disliked the camera. Far too shaky, and far too grainy (and this was generally for the whole movie, I believe). It works when you do something documentary style, which is how the movie STARTS, but then it has these sequences which, quite frankly, are NOT documentary style, and the grain/shakiness really disturbs my eyes.
I read a comment somewhere that really hit the nail on my dislike of the movie. It didn't really explore the plight of the aliens. I mean sure, they show where they live, what they eat, the things they have to go through, but that's never the center of attention, which brings me to my next point.
The focus is not on the aliens, nor is it their plight, the focus is on the main character (whose name I forget), and his own trials and tribulations. Everything else around him, they're the accessories, things that are there, but we aren't meant to focus on. And that's part of the problem, I did NOT like the main character.
He was an idiot, and an ass (on his part, from what I can recall he has a couple of idiot sequences, and a few ass moments). The guy was a spaz, and while there are plenty of movies that I like that have asses have their protagonist (Sky Crawlers comes immediately to mind), by the end of the movie I felt moved by the characters. In this case, I think I automatically thought, when he has his first idiot moment, okay, that's it, you're an idiot, you're on your own on this.
But for all that criticism? I still thought the movie was above average, great character designs, great action, interesting premise (if not a bit tired, sans the aliens part).
One Week
"A man has cancer, and will travel Canada for the last hurrah."
- Barely Above Average
It has a narrator. I mean, it has a voice that is not the main character's, but will actually voice over some parts. At first it's kind of jarring, but you get used to it.
The main character is played by Joshua Jackson (Canadian!). He finds he has cancer, with little chance of survival. Depressed, he buys a motorcycle, and goes west (he starts in Toronto), visiting provinces, people, and the Canadian wilderness.
Wow, is all I can say after watching the movie. I definitely would not have made the same decisions as Ben Tyler (Jackson). It's slow, kind of boring sometimes, and does not have those great epiphanies that some movies have, but what it does have...
It does have Canadian things, these little tourist spots, fun little sights, things that make you appreciate Canada all the moreso. Which is why I made it barely above average, because really, it was an average film, but with Canadian stuff? Bonus points.
W.
"It's about George W. Bush, Junior."
- Above Average
It was good. Trust me. It was good. It actually made me feel sympathy for the guy (and NOT by playing melancholic music, for the record).
Aren't I a generous reviewer?
That, or I just pick awesome movies *totally not modest at all*
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